What is "tolerance"

Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]

1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.

   What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us.
   --Milton.

3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

   Civil remedy. See under Civil.

   Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance.

   Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.

early 15c., "endurance, fortitude" (in the face of pain, hardship, etc.), from Old French tolerance (14c.), from Latin tolerantia "a bearing, supporting, endurance," from tolerans, present participle of tolerare "to bear, endure, tolerate" (see toleration). Of individuals, with the sense "tendency to be free from bigotry or severity in judging other," from 1765. Meaning "allowable amount of variation" dates from 1868; and physiological sense of "ability to take large doses" first recorded 1875.

n. 1 (context uncountable obsolete English) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. (15th-19th c.) 2 (context uncountable English) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. (from 18th c.) 3 (context uncountable English) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. (from 19th c.) 4 (context countable English) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. (from 20th c.) 5 (context uncountable English) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. (from 20th c.)

1. n. the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions

2. a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior [syn: permissiveness] [ant: unpermissiveness]

3. the act of tolerating something

4. willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others [ant: intolerance]

5. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, margin]

Tolerance or toleration is the state of tolerating, or putting up with, conditionally.

• Engineering tolerance, permissible limit(s) of variation in an object
  • Tolerance analysis, the study of accumulated variation in mechanical parts and assemblies
  • Tolerance coning, a budget of all tolerances that affect a particular parameter
• Paradox of tolerance, the problem that a tolerant person is antagonistic toward intolerance, hence intolerant of it
• Tolerance group, a way to ensure employees do not exceed their authority in financial transactions in an ERP system
• Tolerance Monument, an outdoor sculpture near Goldman Promenade in Jerusalem, Israel.
• Tolerance tax, a historic tax that was levied against Jews in Hungary
• Tolerant Systems, the former name of Veritas Software
• Toleration Party, a historic political party active in Connecticut

Tolerance is an outdoor 2011 aluminum sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, installed along Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas, in the United States. It consists of seven separate wire frame human figures on granite pedestals.